Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Multi-platinum
selling British artist Sam Smith has become the latest musician to
record a James Bond theme song, for the forthcoming SPECTRE.
“Writing’s On The Wall” was released Sept. 25 via Capitol
Records and is available to purchase and stream now.

“Writing’s
On The Wall” was co-written by Sam Smith and fellow GRAMMY® Award
winner Jimmy Napes. The track is awash with cascading orchestration
and delicate keys, whilst Smith’s impeccable vocals elegantly glide
above the instrumentation, strewn throughout with his effortless
falsetto. It is the first James Bond theme song recorded by a British
male solo artist since 1965.

On
the SPECTRE theme song Smith comments: “This is one of the
highlights of my career. I am honored to finally announce that I will
be singing the next Bond theme song. I am so excited to be a part of
this iconic British legacy and join an incredible line up of some of
my biggest musical inspirations. I hope you all enjoy the song as
much as I enjoyed making it.”

SPECTRE
producers, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, said, “Sam and
Jimmy have written the most inspirational song for `Spectre' and with
Sam’s extraordinary vocal performance, ‘Writing’s On The Wall’
will surely be considered one of the greatest Bond songs of all
time.”

Smith’s
debut album “In The Lonely Hour” launched at No. 1 in the UK and
bowed in at No. 2 in the US, and has since earned five No.1 UK
singles, four GRAMMY Awards, three Brit Awards, six MOBO Awards, Q
and an AMA Awards.

SPECTRE
follows the release of SKYFALL, the biggest Bond film of all time,
which took in $1.1 billion worldwide.

A
cryptic message from the past sends James Bond (Daniel Craig) on a
rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets
Lucia Sciarra (Monica Bellucci), the beautiful and forbidden widow of
an infamous criminal. Bond infiltrates a secret meeting and uncovers
the existence of the sinister organisation known as SPECTRE.

Meanwhile
back in London, Max Denbigh (Andrew Scott), the new head of the
Centre for National Security, questions Bond’s actions and
challenges the relevance of MI6, led by M (Ralph Fiennes). Bond
covertly enlists Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) and Q (Ben Whishaw) to
help him seek out Madeleine Swann (Lea Seydoux), the daughter of his
old nemesis Mr White (Jesper Christensen), who may hold the clue to
untangling the web of SPECTRE. As the daughter of an assassin, she
understands Bond in a way most others cannot.

As
Bond ventures towards the heart of SPECTRE, he learns of a chilling
connection between himself and the enemy he seeks, played by
Christoph Waltz.

Sam
Mendes returns to direct SPECTRE, with Daniel Craig reprising his
role as 007 for the fourth time. SPECTRE is produced by Michael G.
Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, from a script by John Logan and Neal
Purvis & Robert Wade.

Opening
across the Philippines on Nov. 06, 2015, “Spectre” will be
distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures
Releasing International.